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Maj. Gen. Janeen Birckhead of Maryland only became a soldier to help pay for college. Three decades later, she's risen to the top military position in Maryland, leading a force of 4,600 soldiers.

Heavy rain from Ophelia will also pose a risk of flash flooding from Virginia to New Jersey, according to the National Hurricane Center.

The latest children's book from Julie Andrews, Emma Walton Hamilton and illustrator Elly McKay is about the power of nature and music. They discussed their creative process in an interview with NPR.

The Butner federal prison complex in North Carolina is where a quarter of federal inmate deaths occur. It includes a medical facility but inmates aren't getting needed care, there or at other prisons.

Mayor Edilberto Molina relocated to a nearby town last year after drug-trafficking guerrillas threatened to kill him. He's not the only Colombian politician forced away by threats from criminal gangs.

Pandemic-era federal funding for child care centers set to run out by the end of the month. We look at how those funds have been used. Plus, we talk about the looming federal government shutdown and what it means for Florida. And later, how a South Florida hockey team is fostering a generation of female players.

Some House members and top New Jersey Democrats, including the governor, called for the senator's resignation after he was indicted Friday on federal corruption charges.

UAW set to expand strike if automakers fail to meet deadline. The Italian island of Lampedusa is overwhelmed by migrants. Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian separatists end offensive in disputed enclave.

UAW workers at 38 GM and Stellantis faciilties across 20 states walked off their jobs, though Ford was not hit with new strikes. President Biden is set to attend a picket line next week.

NASA's first effort to retrieve samples from an asteroid will send a capsule that contains extraterrestrial pebbles and dust plunging towards a Utah desert on Sunday.